WEEKLY GROCERY/PUBLIX HAUL | 1.7.26

Hi you guys! How's the post-new year work week going? It always feels a bit lully to me right after the holidays but I appreciate being able to slow down a bit. Over the past few years, I've started to look at January and the winter months as a season of rest. We're just easing our way into things. I'm trying to take that approach with my goals/resolutions, too, however I also feel like I need to get my life back in order lol. After eating way too many holiday treats, I'm dipping my toes back in to no longer eating like a psycho, haha. Publix has also had some fire BOGOs last week + this week so I have some good haul-worthy finds to share with you. 

Whenever I'm trying to cut back/eat healthier, my two main goals are usually to just up my protein and eat less junk, lol. AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, that really hasn't been too difficult. Other than my morning coffee, I really haven't been eating much sugar or snacks. We'll see how long we can ride that one... I get in trouble every year because my birthday is at the end of the month, then Valentine's Day, etc. Ya girl never misses out on a special occasion/holiday treat! 

This haul is a mix of both last week/this week's BOGO and a few things from Kroger. I appreciate Publix including a lot of healthier items + some of my faves in the BOGOs like the Hero products, Yasso Bars, Purely Elizabeth, etc. Too many great things to pass up on! I was also so excited to finally grab the Puravida frozen veggies this week. Every time they're on BOGO they sell out immediately- I was surprised to see my store had them. 

I was also curious about these Soules Kitchen Steak Strips. I'm always a little leery with frozen meat so we'll see how they are but if they're yummy, I'll be stoked. I feel like half of the battle with healthy eating for me is the prep so quick + easy things makes it a lot more manageable. Most everything else are my weekly staples- the only two wild cards are really feta cheese and some juice shots, lol. PS-- who knew feta cheese was a little superstar?? I bought a fat-free version which has 6g of protein and is only 35 calories per tablespoon! Will definitely be experimenting with her on my veggies!

DAIRY

+ Boar's Head Smoked Gouda Cheese 

+ President Crumbled Feta 

+ Oikos Triple Zero Vanilla Greek Yogurt 

PRODUCE

+ Green Beans 

+ Puravida Frozen Veggies 

+ Green Giant Frozen Mediterranean Blend Veggies 

+ Honeycrisp Apples 

+ Blueberries 

PROTEIN

+ Boar's Head Smokemaster Black Forest Ham

+ Soules Kitchen Thinly Sliced Steak Strips 

+ Happy Eggs 

GRAINS/BREAD

+ Hero Seeded Bread

+ Hero Tortillas 

MISC:

+ Sofresco Juice Shots 

+ SUJA Citrus Pineapple Immunity Juice 

+ Lean Cuisine Lasagna 

+ Yasso Chocolate Crunch Bars 

+ RITZ Toasted Chips 

+ Purely Elizabeth Ancient Grain Granola 

How are your resolutions going? 

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JANUARY READING LIST

JANUARY READING LIST:

You can read the synopsis + shop each book by clicking on the title below: 

+ Catch 22 by Joseph Heller 

+ The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran

+ Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer 

+ Mile High by Liz Tomforde 

*SHOP THIS POST + ALL OF MY READING LIST HERE*

What are you reading this month?

PS-- I'm also on Goodreads if you want to add me here :)

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ULTA BEAUTY LOVE YOUR SKIN EVENT: WEEK 1 SALE PICKS

Drunk Elephant B-Hydra Serum // TAN-LUXE Self-Tan Drops // Live Tinted Eye Cream // Medicube Collagen Night Mask // Elemis Resurfacing Facial Pads // Murad Vita-C Glycolic Serum // Dermalogica Active Moist Moisturizer // Medicube Niacinamide Serum 

Ulta is kicking 2026 off with their first 21 Days of Beauty sale of the year! This sale in particular is skincare specific with all products on major sale for up to 50% off of their regular retail price. It's a great time to revamp your skin and routine for the new year! 

I'm very big on taking care of your skin. It's the foundation of beauty, makeup and how we age. I also find that the better my skin looks, the more confident I am! Today I'm sharing my top picks from the first week of the sale. All of my picks are items that I've either purchased (and love) or are items that I'm excited to try out myself. 

Here's what made my list...

ULTA 21 DAYS OF LOVE YOUR SKIN EVENT: WEEK 1

+Drunk Elephant B-Hydra Intensive Hydration Serum (Saturday, January 3rd; $27 sale price, regular $54)

+TAN-LUXE Illuminating Self-Tan Drops (Monday, January 5th; $33 sale price, regular $66)

+Live Tinted Brightening Eye Cream (Thursday, January 8th; $17 sale price, regular $32)

+Medicube Collagen Night Mask (Friday, January 2nd; $14.63 sale price, regular $20.90)

+Elemis Resurfacing Facial Pads (Sunday, January 4th; $33.50 sale price, regular $67)

+Murad Vita-C Glycolic Serum (Wednesday, January 7th; $44.50 sale price, regular $89)

+Dermalogica Active Moist Moisturizer (Saturday, January 3rd; $24.50 sale price, regular $49)

+Medicube TXA Niacinamide 15% Serum (Friday, January 2nd; $16.73 sale price, regular $23.90)

-SHOP THE POST-

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU PICK UP!! - XX

I love sharing my picks + hauls with you all! Should you make a purchase through the links in this post, I'll earn some money to keep on shopping! Pretty cool, huh? :) 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Helloooooo and Happy New Year's Eve! I'm so excited to start 2026 off and had to wish you a quick Happy New Year! I hope you have a safe and fun New Year's Eve with all of your loved ones. Cheers to one last hurrah with all the yummy foods, desserts, drinks and delights! As usual, I'm way past the point of return on Christmas cookies and candy... I've been slowly weaning myself off of them this week. The strategy is to just start eating a little bit less each day LOL. Despite that, somehow we still ended up with Nothing Bundt Cakes for tonight?? I needed to use up some Uber cash today and the final consensus was to get bundt cakes for everyone, hah. Mine is the Oreo- it's so yummy! I'll enjoy my last few bites of 2025 and then we're diving into detox mode in January. 

What are your NYE plans- do you usually stay up until midnight? I'm a perpetual night owl but I had an early start today so I'm feeling pretty wiped right about now. We haven't even made it to 7 o'clock yet and I've already come close to dozing off twice- I need a power nap! I'm spending the evening in with all my people with chili, snacks + appetizers! If there's good food + company, it's always a good time! 

On one last note, I'm so grateful to have you here and I can't wait to see what 2026 brings all of us! I think a lot of us would agree that 2025 was an interesting year. Like every year, there were and always are ups and downs. Some years, you're up in the ups, others you're up in the downs. Despite that, I've always believed that we all still have much to be grateful for. It's nice to spend a little time reflecting on the previous year and to start the next year off in a positive headspace. Also be sure to open your door at midnight to let last year out! Here's to the start of a wonderful year full of love, health, wealth and prosperity in all things. I'll see you on the other side! ;) 

Do you have any New Year's resolutions? I'd love to hear what they are!! -xx.

THE BEST END-OF-THE-YEAR SALES 2025

Hello hello! With just a few days of 2025 left, there are a lot of great post-holiday and end-of-the-year sales happening right now. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with loved ones and some time off of work to rest + relax. Sadly work resumed on Friday for me, however I did take a few days off from posting here on the blog. It was a nice to just soak up the holiday weekend + recover from working in retail ;) 

Despite all of the pre-Christmas spending, I do love a good sale and I'm definitely feeling the shoppies right now! I thought I'd share all of my favorite sales + a few purchases I'm making to start off 2026. 

My main priorities going into the new year are to focus on health/wellness + to start reading more books. After all of the holiday indulgence, I'm looking forward to a "diet" reset, if you will. I've about reached my limit on sugar so I'm hoping that will help me to start the year off eating cleaner. I'm also looking to add in a few more workout days- currently I try to work out at least 2x per week and I'm also active/aim for 10,000+ steps on most days. Lulu got me with their end of year sale- they have a great selection of items on sale right now so I snagged a few new matching outfits + some new sweatshirts. I'll try to link everything I purchased below! 

I also snagged this cozy sherpa pullover on major sale from Athleta. I've never purchased anything from them before but an ad got me! It was only around $50 and I love a good sweatshirt/pullover to throw on in the cooler months. If you've tried any of their workout gear, let me know your thoughts! I'm always looking for new leggings/tanks/sports bras/etc. 

Another priority going into 2026 is to stay consistent with supplements + vitamins. I've been enjoying the Mary Ruth's gummies- I have this daily multivitamin + this one for hair/skin/nails. Usually the new year is a great time to stock up- I know Amazon + a lot of the big stores tend to run deals on health/wellness items so I'm keeping an eye out. I'm also thinking of adding a new fish oil supplement to my routine- I think some additional Omega 3s would be a great addition. I've been eyeing this one. 

So far those are my purchases + wish list items. I'm always tempted to buy new books but I have a pretty large unread pile to give some attention to... I'm also very tempted by the Aritzia sale! I always have wish list items there, hehe. After my Lululemon splurge, I'm pacing myself but there's something to be said for finishing the year off with a bang! ;) 

THE BEST END-OF-YEAR SALES

+ Abercrombie (25-50% off almost everything) 

+ Agent Nateur (up to 25% off site wide) 

+ Amazon (select sale items up to 40% off site wide)

+ American Eagle (40-60% off almost everything)

+ Anthropologie (extra 50% off sale)

+ Aritzia (up to 50% off everything) 

+ Armani Beauty (30% off site wide) 

+ Athleta (extra 30% off sale styles) 

+ Bloomingdales (save up to 65% off already reduced styles)

+ Dermstore (up to 40% off site wide + an extra 10% off sale items with code EXTRA10)   

+ DNDGEL (60% off faves + 50% off everything else)

+ Leatherology (up to 60% off select sale styles) 

+ Lululemon (500+ items on markdown) 

+ Macy's (specials site wide up to 60% off)  

+ MAC Cosmetics (30% off sale items)

+ Nordstrom (up to 60% off select items)

+ Old Navy (sale items site wide + extra 15% off orders of $80+)

+ QVC (specials site wide) 

+ Ring Concierge (select items up to 50% off) 

+ Sephora (extra 20% off sale items with code BONUS20)

+ Target (select deals site wide)

+ Ulta (50% off select daily beauty steals)

+ Urban Outfitters (extra 40% off sale items) 

+ Vans (extra 40% off sale items)

+ The Vitamin Shoppe (select sale items; 10% off $65, 15% off $80, 20% off $100 + 25% $150)

-SHOP MY SALE PURCHASES HERE-

What are your NYE plans this year?

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WHAT I'VE BEEN WATCHING: CHRISTMAS MOVIES

Happy Christmas week! I have some updates on Christmas movies!! Right now we are in it with the Netflix/Hallmark Christmas movies- light-hearted, slightly cheesy rom-coms that we all know and love! I've been watching them while wrapping presents and working on my Christmas puzzle. From my "What I Want to Watch on Netflix: Christmas Movies" post, I checked off both Champagne Problems and A Merry Little Ex-Mas. Both were cute- A Merry Little Ex-Mas definitely has the cheesy moments but I loved getting to see Alicia Silverstone back on the screen! Minka Kelly was also great, she's always so ethereal. I would've liked a little more drama or oomph for the ending of Champagne Problems, however I have no regrets and I liked a lot of the supporting characters. I have similar feelings about A Cowboy Christmas Romance. I think both were just a bit anticlimactic for my liking! 

A pleasant surprise in the mix was Christmas at the Chalet. I started this one on a whim and it's been my favorite one so far! I also had no clue Teri Hatcher was in it until I started watching. She was great- the storyline is really cute and I loved her character! The energy she has in the movie is so bubbly and fun, I was entertained the whole time. Definitely a feel good worth watching. I started A Sprinkle of Christmas because I love any cooking/baking themes but I couldn't really get into this one. 

Switching gears to Amazon, I randomly started A Cinderella Christmas which was so cute! The OG A Cinderella Story is a forever fave but I had zero expectations on what to expect here, definitely a pleasant surprised. I really think that the leading characters can really make or break a film- Emma Rigby's character, Angie, was lovely and really carried the movie IMO. Very charming, sweet and wholesome! 

I think that covers everything I've watched so far... I'm excited to dive into some of the "Classics" next! Every year I also love re-watching all of my faves like Christmas With the Kranks, This Christmas, The Family Stone, etc. 

Wishing you a wonderful week and a Merry Christmas!! - xx. 

END OF THE WEEK THOUGHTS | 12.19.25

The Christmas countdown is on! How are we doing, is everybody ready? I've been taking more of a laissez faire approach with the holidays this year. I haven't felt as pressured internally to shop shop shop and do all of the holiday things. I'm not feeling bah humbug, just more of a "it'll be what it'll be" vibe. It always ends up coming together in the end, no? We've just been going with the flow this year, ya'll, which has made a huge difference. I feel so much lighter, mentally, and just less stressed over all. Love that for me! ;) 

Obviously I love Christmas so I'm still excited for the upcoming week! I think the difference this year is we're just trying to keep it fun, ya know? I'm hoping to finish up all of my shopping this weekend and if I were smart, I would've started wrapping gifts weeks ago, lol. If push comes to shove, we always have gift bags!

Maybe I'll have a wrapping party and start my next Christmas movie. I finished watching Champagne Problems this week which was pretty cute- I like Minka Kelly. I also started this Christmas puzzle and made some Santa's Cookies tonight so we're staying festive. It's crazy how quickly the time has passed this season- every year it seems to go by a little bit faster. Here's to a few more festive days before the start of 2026! 

Wishing you all a fun and festive weekend! -- xx.

I love sharing my picks + hauls with you all! Should you make a purchase through the links in this post, I'll earn some money to keep on shopping! Pretty cool, huh? :)